Members of the Hazleton Fire Department are almost finished color coding the city’s fire hydrants. Once the project is finished, each hydrant’s hue will correspond to its most recent water ...

Fire hydrant caps generally have one of four colors, representing the fire hydrant's class based on its gallons per minute. The National Fire Protection Association suggests that red caps should ...

“Painted green, or the caps are green or top is green, that would let the fire department know that the fire hydrant can have at least 1000 gallons a minute,” said Longview fire marshal Kevin May.

We've found out the meaning of the fire hydrant color varies depending on where you live. Columbia uses a color code for each of its 14,000 hydrants. Blue is for hydrants pumping at least a ...

A: In the city of Houston, the bonnets (or tops) of the hydrants that the city services are color-coded to indicate the water main size. Red = 4 inch, Yellow = 6 inch, White = 8 inch, Green = 10 ...

What might stick out is the distinct color on the fire hydrant's front steamer port: either light blue, green, orange or red. As you could've guessed, the colors mean something.